Reviews of Samsung Gear IconX White

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Reviewed on 2017-10-30

Smartwatches are in a strange place right now. Android Wear is on more wrists than ever, but the software isn't the best; the Apple Watch is basically useless if you don't carry an iPhone; and old stalwarts like Pebble have been swallowed up by bigger fis...

Poor battery life, Heart rate monitor only works with Galaxy devices, Requires phone nearby for GPS tracking, Music stops when removing one earbud when streaming, Limited fitness tracking options when used by themselves, A bit on the pricey side at full p...

While wireless earbuds are quickly becoming popular, there is a push for true wire-free earbuds. I'm not going to get into semantics but for the record, the audio industry refers to headsets and earbuds that don't require a wire to connect to a smartphone...

Samsung's Gear IconX are a pair of completely cordless earbuds that can handle music, calls, and workouts. If you're looking for a totally wire-free experience, the IconX offers a compelling option to competing models, even if suffers from some of the sam...

This year, more heart rate monitors have made their way into fitness trackers than ever before. All the major companiesFitbit, Garmin, and Polar, among many othershave made heart rate monitoring more accessible by putting it into devices that cost less th...

Control interface is imprecise and annoying, Battery life is alarmingly short and falls short of claims, Heart rate data only appears on Samsung phones

You might need a leap of faith to insert Samsung's Gear IconX wireless earbuds inside your ear canals. Indeed, as Note7 owners showed us over the last few months, electronics packed with lithium-ion batteries can do double-duty as incendiary devices.Samsu...

"Samsung has cut the cord with the Gear IconX but is it worth the asking price?"The future of headphones/earphones are truly wireless earbuds that actually eschew the wires for ultimate portability. Essentially, you get two separate earbuds that maintain...

Do you remember a time, not long ago, when the iPhone still had a headphone jack and wireless headphones still had a wire? In a way, the $199.99 Gear IconX can be seen as Samsung's answer to the forthcoming Apple AirPods, in that it too is a pair of compl...

This is the year of the truly wireless earbuds — we've had Bluetooth in-ear headphones for a while, but never anything that cut even the cord between the two earpieces. We've seen these from Jabra, Earin , Apple , and a few others so far, but one of the f...

Samsung announced the Gear IconX wireless earbuds as a truly wireless solution to listening to music, but also as a way to track fitness without having to keep your phone with you at all times. Crafting completely wireless earbuds that also house a heart...

Back at the start of June, Samsung held an event in New York where they unveiled a number of products. For the more audio-focused consumers, the one product that most likely stood out was the Samsung Gear IconX earbuds. These are not just Samsung earphone...

Requires Android smartphone for all feature, Need to plug into phone or PC to transfer musi, Expensiv, Short battery life

There is an inherent conflict between running light, and yet still wanting to track your mileage and listen to music. Samsung's Gear IconX earbuds ($249) are able to hurdle this feat, packing in an accelerometer, a heart rate monitor and 4GB of storage in...

Meet the Dash by Bragi, the sickest and most technologically advanced wireless in-ear headphones in the wireless game. These aren't just one of the most sophisticated earbuds available right now, they're also truly and honestly wireless. no strings attac...

When Samsung announced the Gear IconX together with the Gear Fit2, I was impressed with the specs. The Gear IconX is one of the more innovative and feature-packed earbuds coming out from a large tech company that does not specialise in audio products.Cord...

Completely wireless Bluetooth earbuds!, More comfortable to wear than they look, Good Bluetooth range, Can store 1000 songs to play without a phone

Poor battery life, take a while to recharge, Touch controls are inconvenient, No iOS compatibility

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Attractive design, Works great with Samsung devices, Nostalgiac throwback when songs are loaded on the device

Passable sound quality, Not so great with other Android devices, Only 4GB of storage

Say what you will about the truly wireless future — with its wireless charging pads and its smartphones without headphone jacks — but the simple fact of the matter is that we still very much live in a wired world.Still, as Samsung's diligent sophomore eff...

Samsung doesn't like to be left out, and given how opportunistic the company has been in recent years, its foray into wireless audio is hardly a surprise. The Gear IconX is the latest attempt at entering a category that still has plenty of room to grow.Wi...

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